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Chaunacidae - Coffinfishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/chaunacidae-coffinfishes/

Access images and fact sheets of the chaunacid fishes on the site. These fishes have also been called anglerfishes, gapers and sea toads.

Published 12 March 2015

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Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus (Caruso, 1989)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/a-deepsea-coffinfish-chaunacops-melanostomus-caruso-1989/

Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus (Caruso, 1989)

Published 17 September 2013

Chaunacidae
Say hello to the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-say-hello-to-the-eastern-tadpole-coffinfish/

A pudgy little coffinfish that lives over a kilometre below the surface has just been named.

Published 12 March 2015

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Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops spinosus
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/eastern-tadpole-coffinfish-chaunacops-spinosus/

Lateral view of the holotype of Chaunacops spinosus, the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish (AMS I.24355-004).

Published 14 April 2022

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